Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
When we are not sure we are alive.
(pl. ) of Uncertainty
From a shy timid girl I had become a woman of resolute character who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.
I said here's the river I want to flow on here's the direction I want to go and put my boat in. I was ready for the river to take unexpected turns and present obstacles.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers.
The demand is for certainty is a sign of weakness.
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.
In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.
Gardening is an exercise in optimism.
Throughout this life you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
To be ambitious for wealth and yet always expecting to be poor to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west. There is no philosophy whi...
Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and make our plans with confidence.
Doubt is not a pleasant state but certainty is a ridiculous one.
All business proceeds on beliefs or judgment of probabilities and not on certainties.
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people I would say to myself "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the clever...
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.
Self distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength there is strength and they are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.